Caught on CCTV: Moments before savage knife attack on shop worker

Left, David Clarke caught on CCTV walking around Bab's newsagents. Right, he then asks shop assistant Rushatharan Asok for assistance, causing him to bend down to put some shopping into a bag for him. Seconds later, while Mr Asok was still crouched down, Clarke, who can be seen behind him, plunged a knife into his neck.

Hayley O'Keeffe

These chilling CCTV images show the seconds before a shop worker’s life changed forever after he was stabbed in the neck.

These chilling CCTV images show the moments seconds before a shop worker’s life changed forever after he was stabbed in the neck.

CCTV footage from the Bab's Food and Wine attack

Rushatharan Asok’s attacker David Clarke, 64, was jailed for 15 years on Monday.

In an incident which shocked Aylesbury, Clarke walked into the Bab’s Food and Wine store in Buckingham Street, and asked the 25-year-old assistant for help with his shopping.

The young man was happy to help, but as he was bending down to fill a bag, Clarke reached inside his jacket and produced a knife plunging it into Rushatharan’s neck.

Clarke fled, and it is thanks to the quick thinking of customers that the victim survived the attack, which was captured on CCTV. Rushatharan suffered serious injuries, and is still receiving hospital treatment.